Become a researcher

Do you want to solve life's mysteries, seek answers to fundamental biological problems at the molecular level or understand interactions within and between species and with the surrounding environment? If you are also a curious person then maybe a doctoral program is something for you?

Research departments

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences conducts broad research in green biology that studies processes and patterns from the molecular to ecosystem level. Photo: Niklas Björling.

Department of Molecular Biosciences The Wenner-Gren Institute seeks answers to fundamental biological problems at the molecular level with the goal of solving the mysteries of life. Photo: Niklas Björling.

The Department of Zoology conducts outstanding research in a number of exciting areas around animal biology - from genomics to ecosystems, nerve cells to behavior and evolution to conservation. Photo: Petter Hällberg.

Biological research at Stockholm University takes place at the section's three research departments, which study life in all it forms from the molecular components of life, to the global ecosystems.

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Research in ecology, environment and plant sciences

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences conducts research that concerns both terrestrial and marine environments, both locally and globally. Geographically, the Baltic Sea region and the tropics are important areas. The business is conducted mainly in biodiversity, ecology, ecotoxicology, evolution, plant physiology and plant systematics. In these areas, processes and patterns are studied from the molecular to the ecosystem level, and interactions within and between species as well as with the surrounding environment and society.

Research in molecular biosciences

At the Institute of Molecular Biosciences Wenner-Gren's Institute, experimental biology is characteristic of the many and broad research projects, where they investigate the function of genes and cells in tissues and organisms. Many of the research groups participate in clinical studies through well-established collaborations in Stockholm and abroad.

Research in zoology

The Department of Zoology conducts internationally recognized research with yeasts as well as insects, birds, fish and mammals. The department consists of five divisions in close collaboration.